일부지역 교정치과 종사자의 감염관리 실태와 감염관리 수행도, 중요도와의 관련성

Correlations of the Status of Employees’ Infection Control with the Performance and Importance of their Infection Control in Orthodontic Clinics in some Areas

Objectives: This study was conducted to understand the infection control level of orthodontics, a special department among dental treatment departments and to check its correlation with performance and importance of it. Methods: As for the research period, a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted from June through September 2018, and the results of the final analysis of 124 copies showed. Results: Factors affecting the performance of the infection control, putting on gloves in simple medical treatment(p=0.031) and discarding masks (p=0.025) were significant, and of the factors affecting the importance of the infection control, putting on gloves in the main medical treatment (p=0.017), discarding masks (p=0.043), and infection control education (p=0.019) were significant. Conclusions: Putting on personal protective equipment and conducting infection control education served as important factors for infection control., and since, it is necessary to establish a medical environment in which orthodontic clinic workers.